Seat.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER M. KLING, OF ST. LOUIS,'MISSOURI.

SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 658,951, dated-October 2, 1900.

Application filed March 30, 1900. Serial No. 10,734. (No model.)

To 00% whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER M. KLING, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seats, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My present invention relates to a seat intended more particularly'for outdoor or summer-car use, where the seat portion is liable to become wet or damp, so that it becomes desirable to reverse or turn it over when it is desired to use it.

My invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure I is a perspective View of my improved seat. Fig. II is an enlarged detail horizontal sectiontaken on'line II II, Fig. I. Fig. III is an enlarged detail vertical section taken on line III III, Fig. I; and Fig. IV is a like view taken on line IV IV, Fig. I.

1 represents the rectangular frame of the seat, and 2 the end frames or legs.

3 is the back of the seat supported on arms 4, that are pivoted at 5 to the legs 2, so that the back can be swung from side to side.

The frame 1 has an opening to receive the seat portion 6, which is supported by trunnions 7 at its ends that fit in openings in the frame 1. Each end of the frame is slotted horizontally to receivea pair of levers 8, that are pivoted together at their adjacent ends, as shown at 9, and each of which is connected to the frame 1 by a vertical pivot-pin 10. The inner ends of the levers curve outwardly and their outer ends are provided with projections 11, that extend beneath the seat portion 6 when the levers are in their normal positions, and thus act to hold the seat portion from turning on its trunnions when in use. positions, their central portions extend outwardly beyond the face of the frame 1, and when it is desired to reverse the seat portion the back is moved to a central position, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. Land the arms 4:, coming in contact with the projecting portions of the levers, move the levers on their pivots 10, thus causing the projections 11 to When the levers are in their normal be withdrawn from beneath the seat portion 6, as shown by dotted lines, Fig. II, so that the seat portion can be reversed or turned over, and then when the back is moved to either side against its stops 12 the arms 4 by bearing against the outer ends of the levers (which have,as stated, been moved outwardly by the arms coming against their inner portions) will force the projections 11 beneath the seat portion again and hold the latter from turning on its trunnions when in use.

i A seat can be thus very cheaply made and the seat portion reversed or turned over quickly and easily when desired.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a seat, the combination of a frame, a seat portion pivoted to the frame, levers pivoted to the frame and having projections against which the seat portion rests, and pivoted arms to which the back of the seat is secured and which are adapted to engage and move said levers to shift said projections and permit the seat portion to be reversed, substantially as set forth.

2. In a seat, the combination of a frame, a seat portion pivoted to the frame, levers pivoted together at their adjacent ends and to the frame near their middles and which have projections against which the seat portion rests, and pivoted arms to which the back of the seat is secured and which are adapted to engage the adjacent ends of said levers and move the levers to shift said projections and permit the seat portion to be reversed, substantially as set forth.

3. In a seat,the combination of aframe having slots, a seat portion pivoted to the frame,

levers fitting in the slots in the frame, vertical pivot-pins by which said levers are held in said slots, and pivoted arms to which the back of the seat is secured, said levers being pivoted together at their adjacent ends where they are made to project beyond the face of the frame, and said levers having projections at theirouter ends against which the seat portion rests, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

PETER M. KLING.

In presence of- E. S. KNIGHT, M. P. SMITH. 

